This was the first time Iran dispatched military delivery through this route, by which Iran reached the Mediterranean.
The terror group Daesh abandoned its last settlement in Syria, al-Buqamal, in November. Then, regime forces and pro-regime foreign terror groups gained control of majority of the area next to Syria-Iraq border.
Seeing that the Iraq-Syria line was seized by the regime and Iran-backed groups, Iran effectively realized the Tehran-Damascus line of the corridor through which it aims to reach the Mediterranean.
According to the sources, the regime and Hashd al-Shaabi fighters came together near borderline, then a convoy carrying Iranian Revolutionary Guards and Hashd al- Shaabi fighters entered Deir Ez-Zour province after crossing al-Buqamal district, adjacent to Syria’s Iraq border.
Iran has begun to use Tehran-Damascus highway for military purposes. Now, Iran has the opportunity to maintain its military presence in Syria a lot easier.
Syrian opposition points out that removal of foreign fighters from Syria is a significant aspect of securing peace and political transition in the country, referring to sending Iranian-backed foreign terror groups out of the country.
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